MR. WHITEasked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether the exceptionally large receipts into the Exchequer from the 1st to the 6th instant—viz. £1,831,957 against £993,147 for the corresponding period of last year—be due to the postponement of the contribution from the revenues of India for Military and other charges, at the suggestion of the Treasury, from the last to the present financial year, and thereby diminished the (otherwise) actual surplus of the year ending the 31st ultimo?
§ THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUERsaid, there was no doubt that the excess for that week was due to the causes assigned by the Question; but it was equally certain that that result had not been obtained in consequence of any suggestion from the Treasury.